He added: “I go to my office in the same way after the win against Middlesbrough because I have to think about the following game. Now the following game is Bolton and the following one is Leeds, then it will change because it is a cup game and a different competition (against Burton Albion in the Carabao Cup).

“If you think after the Middlesbrough game that we are in the Premier League, then you don’t work in the same way.

“If you dwell on the fact you have lost the last game at home and you listen to the critics, at the end it’s bad for me, it’s bad for the team and it’s bad for everybody.”

Forest face successive away tests this week, with Wednesday night’s trip to face Bolton Wanderers followed by a match at high-flying Leeds United on Saturday.

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They will hope to bounce back from the weekend’s 2-1 reverse against the Canaries, when they let an early lead slip and ended up dropping out of the Championship play-off places as a seven-match unbeaten run came to an end.

“They are in different positions in the table and have different styles,” Karanka said of the next two opponents.

“One is more, maybe, long balls and second balls, and Leeds are completely the opposite.

“But that is the Championship.”

The manager says some in his squad have slight niggles ahead of the midweek clash, with Ben Osborn one of those to face a late check, having previously been an injury doubt to face the Canaries.

“A few of them have problems with ankles and knees, but I hope it is nothing serious and all of them will be right,” Karanka added.